PSC drops home match to UMass Dartmouth

PLYMOUTH, N.H.-- The UMass-Dartmouth volleyball
team defeated Plymouth State College in four games Tuesday, 9-15,
15-9, 15-13, 17-15, in Little East Conference action at Foley
Gymnasium.

With the win, UMass Dartmouth improves to 11-5 and 4-1 in the
LEC. PSC falls to 11-7 and 3-2. It is the first victory for the
Corsairs over PSC since the Panthers started volleyball five years
ago.

PSC took the first game convincingly on the strength of outside
hitter Carin LaValley (Northfield, N.H.) and the
serving of Amber Greenlaw (Gilford, N.H.)

The Corsairs returned the favor in the second game and again in
the third. UMD relied on the heavy hitting of Carla Ferreira
(Marion, MA) and Julie Calderone (Coventry, RI) in each of those
two wins.

In the fourth game, the Corsairs raced to a 12-2 lead and then
held off a furious PSC comeback. The Panthers rallied to take a
15-14 advantage but the Corsairs won three straight points to
clinch the match. Amy Wilson (Dartmouth, MA) had two key kills in
the decisive fourth game.

Plymouth State, which has lost six of its last eight matches,
was led by LaValley, who had 20 kills, and Becky
Landry (Nashua, N.H.), who had 16 kills and two service
aces. Jessie O'Hearn (Tilton, N.H.) had 38 assists in the Panther
effort.

The Panthers return to action this weekend when they travels to
Willimantic, Conn., for the Eastern Connecticut State University
Tournament.